Vietnam War

Question 1

Leader of the communist in North Vietnam?

Answer 1

Ho Chi Minh

Question 2

Leader of the Nationalist South Vietnam?

Answer 2

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 3

Created “Vietnamization”

Answer 3

Richard Nixon

Question 4

Communist who took over Cambodia and launched a genocide

Answer 4

Khmer Rouge

Question 5

Outpost in northwestern Vietnam – site of the battle that convinced France to leave Vietnam?

Answer 5

Dien Bien PHu

Question 6

Line of division between
North and South Vietnam
—established by the
Geneva Accords after
French withdrawal

Answer 6

17th Parallel Line of division between

Question 7

Body of water off the
coast of North Vietnam

Answer 7

Gulf of Tonkin

Question 8

Supply line that ran
through Laos and
Cambodia—enabled
North Vietnamese troops
and supplies to enter
South Vietnam

Answer 8

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 9

South Vietnamese
communists who used
guerrilla tactics against
the United States and
South Vietnamese troops

Answer 9

Vietcong

Question 10

One brief shootout and
one possible shootout
between the U. S. S.
Maddox and North
Vietnamese patrol boats.

Answer 10

Tonkin Gulf Incident

Question 11

Coordinated Vietcong
attack throughout South
Vietnam. Militarily, the U.
S. was victorious;
however, it caused
Americans to believe that
we would not win the war

Answer 11

Tet Offensive